You should develop your essay using theacademic – persuasive mode of writing. However, you may include thedescriptive and narrative modes of writing in the body of your essay.You must have a point of view. You must have a clear, concise thesisstatement in the first paragraph of your essay. Then, you should provideat least three (3) examples of supporting evidence in the introductoryparagraph, or by the second (2nd) paragraph. Your conclusion shouldparaphrase and expand upon your opening. In addition, your essay shouldinclude logical transitions between the introduction, body, andconclusion as well as between body paragraphs that include evidentialsupport (https://english.purdue.edu). This assignment is worth 25 pointstowards your final grade: Content 12 pts, Structure 8 pts, Mechanics 5pts.You will upload your essay to Safe Assign by Mon. 10-30-17.

In preparation for this assignment we have close read and discussed Antigoneby Sophocles – Intro. and Trans. by Meineck & Woodruff, as well asdistributed and read two handouts: Classical Natural Law Theory – http://www.iep.utm.edu/natlaw/ and Gorsuch’s chance to correct Scalia on the Constitution, The Washington Post, by George Will.Additionally, we have watched sections of Jean Anouilh’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone, payingspecific attention to the discussion between Creon and Antigone whichincludes the punctuated statement by King Creon “It’s just Politics!”Atextual analysis of the fiery exchange between Creon and Antigoneprovides the difference in approach between Sophocles and Anouilh.

Specifically, for this assignment, we see that Sophocles and Jean Anouilh have a different take on politics that mayembody similar and different ancient and modern cultural norms andvalues; Creon tells us “It’s just Politics!”What does Sophocles tell us(376-775) about Creon’s Theban politics?In The Play of Power,Eisenstein et al (1996) offer a broad definition of politics to which wewill refer during our spring 2018 Midterm writing assignment.Eisensteinet al formally state: “Politics consists of influence processesinvolving both conflict and cooperation, and occurring both within andoutside of government, that authoritatively determine for a wide rangeof groups who get what, when, and how” (p. 8).

Moreover, the handouts serve to define and illuminate Natural Law,thus connecting the ancient perspective to contemporary life.Thehandouts also highlight Paul Woodruff’s introductory statement on the“God’s unfailing Unwritten Laws (p. xxvii & 456-9).Your assignmentis to compare and contrast the renditions offered by Sophocles andAnouilh employing three (3) of the following timeless and universalthemes in Sophocles’ inexorable tragedy, Antigone (anti – against & gone– birth): 1) unwritten natural law, 2) written law, 3) loss and grief,4) rest for the tormented soul, 5) women’s power and morality, 6) thestate, 7) powerlessness, 8) cultural hegemony, 9) war & treachery,10) men’s unyielding authority, 11) good and obedient vs bad andobdurate, 12) Antigone’s values, 13) Creon’s values, 14) fate, 15)autonomy, 16) gender and sex, 17) class and status, and 18) agency.